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There was no shortage of bleak climate news in 2023, already confirmed as the hottest on record. But amid the gloom, there have also been signs of progress.

China closing hundreds of mosques in northern regions, rights group says China closing hundreds of mosques in northern regions, rights group says HRW says...

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have closed or altered hundreds of mosques in the northern regions of Ningxia and Gansu, homes to the highest Muslim populations in China after Xinjiang, as part of...

This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2023 shows handbags bearing embroidery in different patterns at Qiao Yarus workshop in Haiyuan County of Zhongwei City, northwest Chinas Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Satellite imagery from Humans Rights Watch appears to show extensive damage to Islamic religious buildings in the regions

The closure, destruction, and repurposing of mosques is part of a systematic effort to curb the practice of Islam, says HRW

China demolishes scores of mosques to ‘restrict the practice of Islam’, says Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A WeChat post by the state television station in Linxia shows how amosque was closed and turned into a cloth shoe poverty alleviation workshop in Huangniwan Village in August 2018, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, May 14, 2020. 2020 China Linxia News Network (New York) - The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its "mosque consolidation" policy, in violation of the right to...

China has been accused of shutting, demolishing and repurposing mosques in two northern regions as part of a “systematic effort” to curb the practice of Islam.

The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “consolidating mosques” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion.